Queens 2011 Day 2: Mahut v Verdasco

I had to take a break at this point. It was not warm out in the stands, and because the venue is so cold, and having seen the issues in terms of people being able to get back into the court thanks to the utter chaos with the stewards, I was expecting to miss a whole load of this match!

I was surprised to actually get back there for 3-2 in Verdasco’s favour; he was a break ahead and went on to take the first set 6-2.





Verdasco got himself broken in the first game of the second set, but broke straight back, before managing to break Mahut to lead 3-1. Mahut was seemingly coming unstuck now – he had no answers, except to hand points to Verdasco on the back of unforced errors. His lackluster approach ultimately cost him the match.